What still produces a tear in time, one’s recalled (6)
I believe the answer is:
spirit
'what still produces' is the definition.
(a still is used to prepare alcoholic spirits)
'a tear in time one's recalled' is the wordplay.
'a tear' becomes 'rip' ('rip' can be a synonym of 'tear').
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'one's' becomes 'I's' (Roman numeral).
'recalled' says the letters should be written backwards.
't'+'is'='tis'
'rip' placed within 'tis' is 'tirips'.
'tirips' back-to-front is 'SPIRIT'.
(Other definitions for spirit that I've seen before include "Soul - ethos" , "Distilled alcoholic drink" , "Jinn" , "The sort of drink" , "Demon - drink" .)